Top(?) Ten List

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I’m not a big fan of “Top Ten” or “Ten Best/Worst” lists. But I guess a “favorite” list at least doesn’t pretend to be objective. Brett Schulte at TOCWOC has asked a few of his fellow bloggers to join him in writing up their ten favorite books on Gettysburg, all to be posted around and during the anniversary of the battle. Here’s a page set up by Brett to coordinate the whole project, where you’ll find a schedule of when each of our lists is to be posted on our sites. My list is slated to go up on the morning of July 2 – this coming Thursday. I’ve selected my ten books and will try to compose my post this evening – I don’t want to be influenced by what anyone else writes. Click on the map thumbnail for a larger image, then click on that image for a ginormous one.

Dulce bellum inexpertis

“I am sending you these little incidents as I hear them well authenticated. They form, to the friends of the parties, part of the history of the glorious 21st. More anon.”

About

Hello! I’m Harry Smeltzer and welcome to Bull Runnings, where you'll find my digital history project on the First Battle of Bull Run which is organized under the Bull Run Resources section. I'll also post my thoughts on the processes behind the project and commentary on the campaign, but pretty much all things Civil War are fair game. You'll only find musings on my “real job” or my personal life when they relate to this project. My mother always told me "never discuss politics or religion in mixed company”, and that's sound advice where current events are concerned.

The Project

This site is more than a blog. Bull Runnings also hosts digitized material pertaining to First Bull Run. In the Bull Run Resources link in the masthead and also listed below are links to Orders of Battle, After Action Reports, Official Correspondence, Biographical Sketches, Diaries, Letters, Memoirs, Newspaper Accounts and much, much more. Take some time to surf through the material. This is a work in process with no end in sight, so check back often!